1. How do architects determine the number of beams needed?
By: Molly, Mary, Carolyn, Niko, Caleb
By: Molly. Mary, Carolyn. Niko, Caleb

2. Support Beams:
Support beams help hold up the structure. For example: Beams help hold up houses, roller coasters and many more structures. The number of beams needed depends on the weight that the beam will need to hold. If the weight is heavy you will need a stronger beam.

3. Different types of beams:
Header beams: Are beams that are horizontal
Wood beams
Steel beams: Are better for taller structure
Concrete beams: Don’t have good balance
Shear stress beams: For shear force
fixed beams
Joist span
Simply supported beams
Cantilever
Continuously supported
Picture is a bridge.

4. Beam Design:
Joist span lengths are 10 feet on one side and 16 feet on the other. Shear stress beams are for maximum shear force. Beam depth or thickness can be increased by section models.

5. How do architects determine the number of beams needed?
Most builders choose double the beams they think they need. They draw floor plans. Example: 50 x 2 = 100. The architect will choose 100 beams instead of 50 beams.
They double the number because they want to have enough